Low-grade

I polished for all I was worth. The trouble is that my stock of low-grade gems was surprisingly low.

Ziri bought some low-grade compost.

Every year the U.S. poultry industry produces nearly 2,000 metric tons of feathers. Some are used to make pillows, coats and low-grade animal food. But about 80 per cent goes to waste.

I have a low-grade fever.

Were the possibilities of improving the efficiency of British Railways' steam locomotives by making the best use of the reasonably satisfactory low-grade lump coal available today, and thereby saving more high-grade locomotive coal, borne in mind when it was decided to go ahead rapidly with replacement of steam traction?

These studies have identified a novel role for MLKL in aging, revealing a delay in the age-related reduction in circulating lymphocytes and a protection from chronic, low-grade, sterile inflammation in female Mlkl^(–/–) aged mice.

Elevated cytokine levels in chronic viral infections are attributed to a number of stimuli. In HIV infection, chronic activation has been linked to ongoing low-grade viral replication, presence of opportunistic infections, and microbial translocation.

Clinical Presentation Patients with septic arthritis or osteomyelitis classically present acutely with localized pain and swelling, joint stiffness, low-grade fever, chills, anorexia, and malaise.